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Mercury Systems Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2026 Results

Mercury Systems Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2026 Results

Mercury Systems announced strong fourth quarter and full fiscal 2026 results including record bookings of $660 million, a book-to-bill ratio of 2.28, backlog exceeding $1.9 billion, and revenue growth. The company posted GAAP net income of $1 million in Q4 and improved adjusted EBITDA margin to 16.7%. Despite GAAP net loss for the full fiscal year …

General Fusion Provides First Public Company Business Update

General Fusion Provides First Public Company Business Update

General Fusion Group Ltd., listed on Nasdaq under the ticker GFUZ, provided a business update highlighting its recent achievements including raising approximately $150 million in cash to fund its Lawson Machine 26 program through 2028, making significant advances in plasma heating technology towards achieving commercially relevant fusion temperatur…

TrustCo Increases Dividend 5.3%: Long-Term Commitment to Payouts Supported by Solid Earnings and Strong Capital Position More Great News For Our Shareholders

TrustCo Increases Dividend 5.3%: Long-Term Commitment to Payouts Supported by Solid Earnings and Strong Capital Position More Great News For Our Shareholders

TrustCo Bank Corp NY announced a 5.3% increase in its quarterly dividend to $0.40 per share, reflecting robust earnings and a solid capital base. The dividend hike demonstrates TrustCo's commitment to shareholder returns and is expected to enhance the stock's attractiveness to investors. This move accompanies the company's ongoing capital deploymen…

Osprey Acquisition Corp. III Announces the Separate Trading of its Class A Ordinary Shares and Warrants, Commencing August 21, 2026

Osprey Acquisition Corp. III Announces the Separate Trading of its Class A Ordinary Shares and Warrants, Commencing August 21, 2026

Osprey Acquisition Corp. III announced that starting August 21, 2026, holders of its IPO units can elect to trade Class A ordinary shares and warrants separately on Nasdaq under tickers OSPR and OSPRW, respectively. The company, a blank check entity focused on acquiring firms in disruptive technologies related to energy systems, AI optimization, an…

U.S. Officials See Slim Odds of Reaching Canada Tariff Deal Before Deadline

U.S. Officials See Slim Odds of Reaching Canada Tariff Deal Before Deadline

U.S. officials have privately downplayed the likelihood of finalizing a deal with Canada before a looming midnight deadline that would trigger 50% tariffs on billions of dollars of Canadian goods. Sources indicate negotiations face long odds despite a last-ditch call planned between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Mark Carney.

TikTok Tests Sending Money Through Direct Messages Using TikTok Pay

TikTok Tests Sending Money Through Direct Messages Using TikTok Pay

TikTok is working on a feature that would let users transfer money to one another within direct messages using TikTok Pay, according to evidence found in the app's code. The digital wallet is live in Vietnam, Malaysia and Thailand for in-app shop purchases, and the engineering work suggests the company is exploring broader payments capabilities eve…

OpenAI Pauses Frontier Reinforcement Training to Tighten Security Controls

OpenAI Pauses Frontier Reinforcement Training to Tighten Security Controls

OpenAI has temporarily slowed the pace of its most advanced model training programs, pausing some reinforcement learning runs for two weeks while it upgrades security, monitoring, and isolation controls. The decision follows a reassessment of an upcoming model, Astra, which may cross a critical cybersecurity capability threshold in the company's Pr…

Total Wireless rolls out Western Union services across U.S. stores

Total Wireless rolls out Western Union services across U.S. stores

Total Wireless has expanded its partnership with Western Union to bring a suite of financial services - including money transfers, bill payments and money orders - to participating Total Wireless retail locations in the United States. The services began in select stores today and are scheduled to be added to more Total Wireless outlets through the …